Author Archive for Barbara Crimond
Prowers County Sheriff Sam Zordel seeking re-election in 2026
Date: 12-4-2025 To the Citizens of Prowers County, It has been a great pleasure serving as the Sheriff of Prowers County, this term. This job isn’t always the easiest, but it is the most rewarding, being able to interact and serve the citizens of Prowers County, my employees and with the other offices of this […]
Robert Marion Coates – April 8, 1930 – December 1, 2025
A Memorial Service for Wiley, Colorado resident, Bob Coates will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado with Pastor Ian Blacker officiating. A private family inurnment will take place at the Wiley Cemetery in Wiley, Colorado. Robert Marion Coates was born on April 8, […]
Jonathan “John” Benson – July 1, 1968 – November 16, 2026
A memorial service for longtime Hartman, Colorado resident, Jonathan Benson affectionately known to his family and friends as John, will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, December 5, 2025 at the Peacock Family Chapel with Pastor Travis Walker of the Wiley United Methodist Church officiating. Jonathan Ewell Benson passed away on November 16, 2025 at […]
Uranium discovered in newly built Colorado dam pauses $600 million project
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News – Monogram Mesa above the Paradox Valley, once supported a booming uranium and vanadium mining economy. This area is part of a proposed 390,000-acres Dolores Canyon National Monument. After decades of planning and four years of work, construction at the Chimney Hollow Reservoir, just west of Loveland, is now on pause. […]
Local cheer teams win honors at competitions
Lamar Middle School cheerleaders Natalie Pike, left, and Lavetta Harbert, right, at Disney World. Both girls earned the honor of qualifying for the National Cheer Competition. Five local cheerleading teams fared well at recent competitions throughout the state. The Lamar Thunder high school team placed second at the Tri-Peaks competition and third at the SECO […]
Already tough, housing affordability has worsened in rural Colorado
419 Willoughby Way in Aspen sold for $108 million last year, making it the highest priced home ever sold in Colorado. (Courtesy of David O. Marlow) State leads the nation for the income rural households need to buy a typical home, according to Redfin Colorado has the highest rural median home prices and the highest […]
CSU Pueblo Foundation Announces Two New Scholarships
PUEBLO, Colo. The Colorado State University Pueblo Foundation announced the establishment of two new scholarships that will support undergraduate students pursuing degrees in psychology, social sciences, and business at CSU Pueblo. Mary Jane Vigil-Porter Memorial Scholarship The Mary Jane Vigil-Porter Memorial Scholarship was created by Storm Porter in memory of his wife, Mary Jane (MJ) […]
58th Annual Two Shot Goose Hunt to be held December 10-12, 2025 in Lamar
The 58th Annual Southeast Colorado Celebrity Two Shot Goose Hunt, presented by the Southeast Colorado Two Shot Habitat and Wildlife Foundation, will be held in Lamar December 10-12, 2025. The fundraising event sponsors wildlife conservation efforts as well as making donations to several local charities. They also financially support area youth shooting teams. Celebrities […]
Galan Delmer Burnett – February 21, 1953 – November 29, 2025
A celebration of life for longtime Lamar resident Galan Burnett will be held on Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 10:00AM at the Peacock Family Chapel with Ian Blacker officiating. Interment will follow at the Eads Cemetery in Eads, Colorado. Galan was born February 21, 1953, to Judd D. and Clara Nancy (Ashcraft) Burnett in Dodge […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of November 25, 2025
The Lamar Utilities Board met for a regular meeting on November 25, 2025. Minutes were approved from the November 11 meeting. Board members voted to approve purchase orders 2025-01488 through 2025-01774. These purchase orders totaled $289,804.42, with $272,580.42 needing board approval. The largest purchase order was for SD Myers, LLC, the company who performed the […]
VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System helped house 898 Veterans locally
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it permanently housed 51,936 homeless veterans across the country in fiscal year 2025. That number is 4,011 more veterans than VA housed last year. The nationwide numbers include 898 veterans permanently housed by the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS). This is VA’s best national performance since it […]
CPW begins Wildlife Aerial Surveys in southeast Colorado, Dec 2
Two elk move through a forest in this 2023 wildlife aerial survey photo taken from a helicopter. Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists begin low-altitude helicopter flights to assess big game herds across the Southeast Region starting Dec 2. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – On Dec. 2, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists begin low-altitude helicopter flights to assess […]
Birth Announcement – Watkins/Rangel
Emily Watkins and Marques Rangel of Lamar, Colorado, welcomed a baby boy, Leighton Cruz Rangel, on November 22, 2025 at Prowers Medical Center in Lamar. Leighton was born at 7:13 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces, and measuring 21 inches. Dr. Forseter was the attending physician. Grandparents are Jaquelinn Schneider, Adam Schneider, Ashlee Lyons, and […]
Birth Announcement – Lincoln/Lozano
Sanee Lincoln and Alonzo Lozano of Lamar, Colorado, welcomed a baby boy, Estevan Aziel Lozano on November 6, 2025 at Prowers Medical Center in Lamar. Estevan was born at 11:31 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 15 ounces and measuring 20-3/4 inches. Dr. Korkis was the attending physician. Joining Estevan at home is sister Soulene Lozano. Grandparents […]
